This prompt from Tyrean Martinson’s book – A Pocket-Sized Jumble of Writing of 500+ Prompts – immediately touched me in two ways. First of all, I was thinking of everybody switching off the screens at dinner time, automatically being followed by a moment of silence while the prompt is pondered and then being discussed. The […]
To Ponder
Letter: Tyee Park Elementary: Is There an Academic Heartbeat?
Submitted by John Arbeeny. Lakewood CARES is providing an academic-based response to schools highlighted in the Clover Park School District (CPSD) “#SuperSchoolShoutOut“ articles in The Suburban Times. This is data you will not find elsewhere in CPSD public relations pieces, School Board meeting agendas or “Inside Schools”. This week’s CPSD “beaming with pride” article covers […]
Letter: First Day of Summer…and Thoughts of Christmas
Half-way through the year, and the temperature around here significantly climbing on this first day of summer, it’s a rather odd time to be thinking about Christmas. Except that we could sure use some peace on earth; peace in our own heart; peace in our relationships. All of which – peacefulness – is often associated […]
Letter: Perspective on Connections
Submitted by Paul T. Jackson. The telephone rang. Then it stopped. That is, it didn’t ring a second time. I answered it anyway. I suppose a lot of people out of habit, get up from, or stop what they are doing at the first ring of the phone, like the service man, who, while you’re […]
Across the Fence: Realpolitik
Oh my, a loaded term in politically loaded times! This was my first thought when I came across this Germanism in the English language, the other day. Realpolitik (pronounce: ray-‘ul-poli-’tic, meaning realistic politics) was a word I can’t even remember having been discussed in my politics classes in grades 12 and 13 at my German […]
Big Chicken Restaurant Review
Our friends, Donn and Deb called Sunday afternoon and suggested a drive through Pt. Defiance and midway suggested Big Chicken for dinner after the beautiful tour. Walking into the restaurant we passed a large sign of a big guy eating a big chicken sandwich. It sold me. Peggy enjoyed her special crunchy chicken pieces as […]
Letter: The Two Little Pigs
The Adventures of Nee-Pie and Che-Pie, Chapter Two By Cheryl Calvert, with David Anderson “Awwww! What cute little pigs! Are these yours? Are you raising them? Do they have names?” My friend Nee-Pie, or Annette as the rest of the world knew her but who would forever be known fondly as Nee-Pie to me, and […]
Reaching Out and Breaking the Mold
We received an email from Joseph E. Walsh, Managing and Artistic Director of Lakewood Playhouse asking us to attend a cabaret style performance at Lakewood Playhouse. Before being hired to run the shows at LWP, Joeseph had been successful in a number of places from the U.S. to the U.K. and possibly beyond. With theatre […]
Letter: The Raccoon, the Rabbits, and The Ridge
By Cheryl Calvert, with David Anderson “They’re gonna tell us ‘no’ until we’re 30!” I was trying to allay the fears of my best bud Annette that climbing The Ridge as two 14-year-old girls over our parents’ likely objections – should we even ask – was not risky. Mostly not risky. “The rattlesnakes will let […]